New Orleans Personal Computer Club

Wha-a-at’s U-u-up?

by Ashton C. Mouton, Jr.          

I do not know if you have cable or satellite TV transmission, if you do than you should be looking at a very important program geared toward computer users and users of technology.  It is called TechTV. For those who do not have access to the program on TV you can get a idea of what is happening by going to their website www.techtv.com.  If you would like a listing for that days programming (scheduling) or for the week you can go to www.tech.tv and have the complete program guide. For those who do not know this program use to be called ZDTV and was on only for a short time some days of the week. Now this program has received some advertising and is on in the morning till late at night everyday during the week.

The major programs on TechTV are as follows:

-Internet Tonight – Chat with TV host Michaela Pereira

-Audio File – Good source for music technology

-Fresh Gear – Straight talk o new technology without the hype

-Extended Play – Adam and Kate talk about gaming trends and how to cheat on some of the most popular computer games

-The Screen Savers – Computing tips from Patrick and Leo LaPort

-Cyber Crime – Viruses, Hackers, and more on criminal mischief in technology

-Silicon Spin – Lively debate on the wired world hosted by Dave Dvorak

-Big Thinkers – Meet technology’s greatest minds hosted by Dave Dvorak

-TECHTV week in Review – The best of the week in tech news (brief reviews of the weeks tech highlights)

I prefer “The Screen Savers” program to the rest because is covers in one hour in a half important ideas and information about computers, solving computer problems, and what is new in the field of computing. They cover windows, Linux, hardware, and other computer related features. If you have a computer camera and high-speed access to the Internet and you call the show while on the air you can even get your computer questions answered on the air in real time. This program is a little offbeat and geared toward the young (generation digital) but it is a good source for computer information especially new and up today, hot of the presses correction from Microsoft.

Here is a short article for the MotherBoard by one of its members and could be done by anybody in the club. If you do not like to write or find it a chore than call me, Ashton C. Mouton, Jr. at 246-7759 and give me the information and I will see that your news, information, idea, or though gets put into the MotherBoard. All it takes is just a little of your time to help make your club what you want it to become. We need more articles, ideas, your thoughts and views to share with the rest of the club. Please be a participator not a spectator.

How about someone taking over the job of the “Old Rambler” since he can no longer be the club’s roving reporter? All it takes is to just talk to some people and find out what is happening to the members who attend the general membership meeting that night. You get to meet some very interesting people and possible get some help alone the way. We are not asking for professional writers only someone with a curious mind and willing to make friends. It was fun reading about what was happening to the members in the club and what was happening in the club and I miss those wonderful articles.

Remember if you do not do it, who will? If you want it done right, you will have to do it yourself? Without you, there is no us and without us there is no club to come to, no MotherBoard to read, no helpful ideas to solve your computer problems, and no true friends when time gets rough.